WEBVTT THE MTA IS HOPEFUL IT WILL WORKHERE TOO.>> IT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT PIECEOF FIXING OUR BROKEN BUS SYSTEMTHAT HASN'T BEEN LOOKED AT INDECADES.REPORTER: THE MTA AND BUS RIDERSAGREE.ONE BIG PROBLEM, BUSSES GETTINGSTUCK AT RED LIGHTS.>> MOST OF THE TIME WHEN THERE'SA LOT OF TRAFFIC THE BUS DON'TSTOP TWICE SOMETIMES THREE TIMESAT A LIGHT.REPORTER: BUT NOW THE MTA ISSPENDING $11 MILLION OUTFITTING250 BUSSES AND TRAFFIC LIGHTS AT36 INTERSECTIONS WITH NEWSENSORS SHORTENING A RED LIGHTOR LENGTHENING A GREEN LIGHT SOA BUS CAN GET THROUGH THEINTERSECTION.>> WE'RE ROLLING IT OUT ON TWOCORRIDORS YORK AND GREENMOUNT ASWELL AS THE LOCH RAVEN CORRIDOR WE REALLY DID AN IN DEPTHANALYSIS AND THOSE TWO CORRIDORSCAME UP AS WHERE WE HAD A LOT OFBACKUPS AT LIGHTS.REPORTER: PEOPLE WHO REGULARLYRIDE MTA BUSSES SAY THEY LIKETHE UPGRADES.>> IF IT KEEPS TRAFFIC MOVINGTHEN YEAH I'M ALL FOR IT IF ITKEEPS IT MOVING GOOD YEAH.>> YEAH, I THINK IT IS GOING TOHELP.ESPECIALLY AT MORNING ANDEVENING IT HAPPENS ALL THE TIMEJUST ABOUT CAUSE TRAFFIC BACKSUP.REPORTER: THIS IS JUST THE NEXTSTEP IN THE BALTIMORE LINKPROGRAM TO MAKE THE BUS SYSTEMMORE EFFICIENT AND RELIABLE FORRIDERS.AND OFFICIALS HOPE THAT, INTURN, WILL GET MORE RIDERSHOPPING ON BOARD.>> TSP IS A GREAT TECHNOLOGYUSED ALL OVER THE WORLD TO KEEBUSSES ON TIME TO REALLYPRIORITIZE BUSSES GETTINGTHROUGH AN INTERSECTION I THINKITS REALLY GOING TO REDUCETRAVEL TIME AND MAKE OUR SYSTEMMORE EFFICIENT AND MUCH MORERELIABLE.REPORTER: THE SENSORS WILL BEOPERATIONAL BY THE END OF MAYAND IF THE PROGRAM IS SUCCESSFULTHEY HOPE TO EXPAND IT.IN NORTHWEST BALTIMORE KIM DACEY